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UPDATE 11/27/2013 5PM: Dave Herman appeared in federal court in
Newark this afternoon, listening to the attempted sexual abuse charge against
him and consenting to his ongoing detention.
Earlier Posting....
Dave Herman, the former radio personality from New York’s legendary rock station WNEW-FM who last month was arrested on charges of trying to transport a 7-year-old Bergen County girl to the U.S. Virgin Islands to sexually abuse her, will appear in federal court in Newark today for the first time.
But, according to nj.com, his lawyer also told the judge that Herman will appear
in court again soon to propose a bail package, hoping to win his release then.
Wearing a yellow jail-issued jumpsuit and appearing thin and
tired in court today, Herman said only the word "yes" one time, while
answering a question from the judge. Before the hearing, he grew emotional,
tearing up, frowning and hunching over at one point as he sat in a courtroom
chair. During the hearing, he stood for several minutes behind the defense
table and looked composed, even as he remained shackled in handcuffs with a
heavy metal chain wrapped around his back.
Herman did not enter a plea at the brief hearing. But
Agnifilo made clear to reporters afterwards that Herman considers himself to be
not guilty and intends to fight the federal charge against him vigorously.
Earlier Posting....
Dave Herman, the former radio personality from New York’s legendary rock station WNEW-FM who last month was arrested on charges of trying to transport a 7-year-old Bergen County girl to the U.S. Virgin Islands to sexually abuse her, will appear in federal court in Newark today for the first time.
According to nj.com, the 77-year-old
Herman was detained by authorities on Oct. 24 at the St. Croix
airport, where he’d reportedly shown up with a sutffed animal
expecting to meet the girl, has been moved through federal custody
from St. Croix to Puerto Rico to Oklahoma and now to New Jersey, in
advance of tomorrow’s hearing, said Marc Agnifilo, his New
York-based attorney.
Herman will make an initial appearance
at 1 p.m. before U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Falk, Agnifilo said, in
what he expects to be a brief hearing that will mostly consist of
Falk reading out the formal charge against Herman. He also expects
his client to enter a not guilty plea.
Herman, who ruled the rock airwaves at
WNEW-FM for years with his calm, smooth demeanor on the famous “Dave
Herman Rock and Roll Morning Show,” will not contest tomorrow his
ongoing detention, Agnifilo said.
He is currently being held without
bail.
But Agnifilo said he will soon sit down
with Herman to put together a “substantial,” bail package that he
hopes will be approved by the judge in the next two weeks, if not
sooner.
Herman, who authorities say has
properties in both Airmont, N.Y., and St. Croix, was snared in a
computer-investigation headed by an officer from the Bergen County
Prosecutor’s Office who chatted with him online, saying she was a
36-year-old single mother from Bergen County with a young daughter
named “Lexi,” authorities have said. “Lexi” was the officer’s
creation.
As online chats between Herman and the
officer continued from 2012 into this year, Herman allegedly tried
multiple times to set up meetings with the girl so he could have sex
with her, authorities say.
After learning in November 2012 that
Lexi was 6 years old, Herman allegedly wrote back that “age 6 is
the perfect time to start her being loved that way,” according to
the federal complaint filed against him in Newark.
If convicted, Herman faces mandatory
minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and a maximum of life,
authorities have said.
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